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- VT-52 Design for BBS Express!
- by
- Graham Dutton
- (c) 1988
-
- How often have you struggled to make VT-52 screens for your BBs ?
- Having spent along time on a screen it doesn't turn out how you wanted,
- or you made a mistake and have to spend another half hour fixing it!
- With VT-52 Design it's easy. The screen you work on looks just like
- it will on your bbs, with four foreground colors, and four background
- colors etc. It is fully GEM driven making it very simple to use.
-
- The Commands
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- Under the file menu you have five options.
-
- Import Text File: Use this to load an ascii file that you have
- already made with a wordprocessor etc. Note: This option will not
- load a VT-52 Screen properly. Be sure that the foreground and
- background colors are different or it will appear that the file
- wasn't loaded, because you won't be able to see the text!
-
- Load Data: This option lets you load a previously saved VT-52
- Data file save with the Save Data option, so you may edit it
- again.
-
- Save Data: Saves whatever picture is on the screen as a data
- file (Not a VT-52 Screen!).
-
- Save As VT-52 Screen: This is the final step, it writes the
- file in the form that BBS Express can understand.
-
- Complie and save saves the screen in a form that Express can
- not use. It can be view from the desktop and from other
- programs ect.
-
- NOTE: For this Demo Version Compile & Save as VT-52 are diabled
-
- Quit: Exit VT-52 Design program.
-
- Foreground/Background menus
-
- Use these options to set the text color (foreground) and the back
- ground color.
-
- The 5 options under the Options menu are:
-
- Clear screen: This clears both the screen and memory of any
- picture you may be working on, it's like BASIC's new command.
-
- Re-Draw: This options re-draws the screen cleaning up anything
- that isn't really there.
-
- Fix Corrupted Screen: Is like Re-Draw except that it clears the
- screen and re-draws everything including the menu bar. It is
- useful if you import a non-ascii file or an ascii file with
- control characters in it.
-
- Change Screen Colors: This options will replace ALL colors on
- the screen with the foreground and background colors presently
- in use. Note: If you have sections were the foreground and
- background colors are the same so you may have just a red line
- etc, they will be lost as a result of this operation.
-
- Insert Text: This lets you enter text onto the screen use the
- arrow keys to move around the screen and press return when you
- are done. You can change the colors you are using by typing
- Alt-F To change the text color and Alt-B To change the background
- color. If you can't see what you are typing press ALT-F to
- change the foreground color.
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- To Draw in VT-52
- ------------------
-
- First select the colors you wish to use (foreground & Background)
- point to the section of the screen you wish to change with the mouse
- and press the right mouse button to begin drawing. This operation
- will not erase anything it will only change the color of your text.
- If your screen has no text you only need to set the background color,
- when working on spaces foreground color has no effect. If you make
- the foreground and background color the same and use it on text it
- will appear that the text has been erased. Don't panic the text is
- still there just change the foreground color and go back over were the
- text was and it will re-appear.
-
-
- The Advertisement!
- -------------------
-
- Like all programs this one took considerable time to write and de-bug.
- If you like what you see and would like the fully fuctional version
- please send me $15.00+ and a 3.25" Disk or $20.00+ and no disk along with
- your name and address and I will send you the latest version and all
- the docs. Also if you find any bugs or have any comments please let me
- know! I can be found on CompuServe and GEnie.
-
- Please fill out this form and send it along with you $15 or $20 to...
-
- 146 Hanna Rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4G 3N7
-
- This product caries no warranty of any kind. G.Dutton shall not in
- any case be liable for incidental, consequential or other indirect or
- direct damages arising from the use of this product.
-
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